@vanishingice.bsky.social
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Bill Moyers, the one-time press secretary for President Lyndon Johnson who went on to have a long and distinguished journalism career, has died at age 91.
June 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Bill Moyers, the one-time press secretary for President Lyndon Johnson who went on to have a long and distinguished journalism career, has died at age 91.
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Voters in Missouri passed a ballot initiative enacting paid sick leave and raising the minimum wage.
In response, the Republican state legislature repealed paid sick leave and scrapped a key provision of the wage increase.
Hello? Do Republicans ever listen to the will of their voters?
In response, the Republican state legislature repealed paid sick leave and scrapped a key provision of the wage increase.
Hello? Do Republicans ever listen to the will of their voters?
May 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Voters in Missouri passed a ballot initiative enacting paid sick leave and raising the minimum wage.
In response, the Republican state legislature repealed paid sick leave and scrapped a key provision of the wage increase.
Hello? Do Republicans ever listen to the will of their voters?
In response, the Republican state legislature repealed paid sick leave and scrapped a key provision of the wage increase.
Hello? Do Republicans ever listen to the will of their voters?
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The orange felon’s vendetta against Harvard in just one photo.
May 25, 2025 at 4:56 AM
The orange felon’s vendetta against Harvard in just one photo.
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Here’s everything to know about our nationwide day of defiance on June 14. You can sign up for No Kings now.👇
No Kings
On June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. ...
www.nokings.org
May 1, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Here’s everything to know about our nationwide day of defiance on June 14. You can sign up for No Kings now.👇
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On June 14, we're showing up everywhere Trump isn't to keep building a movement that leaves him behind. We need your help to make this nationwide day of defiance bigger than Trump's birthday parade. Sign up now for more information and help us spread the word:
No thrones.
No crowns.
No Kings.
No thrones.
No crowns.
No Kings.
No Kings June 14 · No Kings on Mobilize
Find events, petitions, volunteer opportunities, fundraisers and more with No Kings.
www.mobilize.us
May 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
On June 14, we're showing up everywhere Trump isn't to keep building a movement that leaves him behind. We need your help to make this nationwide day of defiance bigger than Trump's birthday parade. Sign up now for more information and help us spread the word:
No thrones.
No crowns.
No Kings.
No thrones.
No crowns.
No Kings.
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HAPPENING NOW: Protesters flood the streets of San Diego, California for a May Day protest against Donald Trump (Video: ABC 10 News)
May 1, 2025 at 6:27 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Protesters flood the streets of San Diego, California for a May Day protest against Donald Trump (Video: ABC 10 News)
May Day: This is what Democracy looks like in Bellingham, Washington!
May 1, 2025 at 9:35 PM
May Day: This is what Democracy looks like in Bellingham, Washington!
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Renowned historian @hcrichardson.bsky.social delivered a powerful keynote at The Old North Church’s 250th Anniversary Lantern Service on April 18, 2025. #LetFreedomRing
Watch this clip from her inspiring address:
Watch this clip from her inspiring address:
April 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Renowned historian @hcrichardson.bsky.social delivered a powerful keynote at The Old North Church’s 250th Anniversary Lantern Service on April 18, 2025. #LetFreedomRing
Watch this clip from her inspiring address:
Watch this clip from her inspiring address:
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Trump just finished his last first 100 days in office, and now he’s an unpopular lame-duck president.
We put together a toolkit that makes it easy to share news about Trump's most unpopular policies and biggest failures: app.sosha.ai/toolkit/trum...
We put together a toolkit that makes it easy to share news about Trump's most unpopular policies and biggest failures: app.sosha.ai/toolkit/trum...
April 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Trump just finished his last first 100 days in office, and now he’s an unpopular lame-duck president.
We put together a toolkit that makes it easy to share news about Trump's most unpopular policies and biggest failures: app.sosha.ai/toolkit/trum...
We put together a toolkit that makes it easy to share news about Trump's most unpopular policies and biggest failures: app.sosha.ai/toolkit/trum...
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"Party of the working class."
April 20, 2025 at 1:01 AM
"Party of the working class."
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Apparently not a joke x.com/Stef4NewYork...
Endless numbers of white nationalists in senior positions. Tell me again how concerned you are about antisemitism.
Endless numbers of white nationalists in senior positions. Tell me again how concerned you are about antisemitism.
April 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Apparently not a joke x.com/Stef4NewYork...
Endless numbers of white nationalists in senior positions. Tell me again how concerned you are about antisemitism.
Endless numbers of white nationalists in senior positions. Tell me again how concerned you are about antisemitism.
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We’re turning the massive energy from the Hands Off! protests towards one of our biggest fights yet: Stopping the GOP reconciliation plan that guts Medicaid, crushes SNAP, and shovels trillions of dollars to billionaires. To win, we need to be louder and more organized than ever before.
April 19, 2025 at 9:40 PM
We’re turning the massive energy from the Hands Off! protests towards one of our biggest fights yet: Stopping the GOP reconciliation plan that guts Medicaid, crushes SNAP, and shovels trillions of dollars to billionaires. To win, we need to be louder and more organized than ever before.
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Much of the IT and cybersecurity infrastructure underpinning the US health system is in danger of a possible collapse following a purge of IT staff and leadership at the Dept. of Health and Human Services, four current and former agency workers tell WIRED.
HHS Systems Are in Danger of Collapsing, Workers Say
The purging of IT and cybersecurity staff at the Department of Health and Human Services could threaten the systems used by the agency’s staff and the safety of critical health data.
wrd.cm
April 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Much of the IT and cybersecurity infrastructure underpinning the US health system is in danger of a possible collapse following a purge of IT staff and leadership at the Dept. of Health and Human Services, four current and former agency workers tell WIRED.
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April 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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In the hour of darkness and peril and fear, let’s all channel a little Paul Revere.
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
#paulrevere #boston250
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
#paulrevere #boston250
April 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
In the hour of darkness and peril and fear, let’s all channel a little Paul Revere.
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
#paulrevere #boston250
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
#paulrevere #boston250
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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
April 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
No Kings Rally in Bellingham Washington. At least 600 people attended with passersby’s in their cars honking and holding up signs.
April 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
No Kings Rally in Bellingham Washington. At least 600 people attended with passersby’s in their cars honking and holding up signs.
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I'm joining Seattle businesses this morning at the Port of Seattle to talk about the devastating impacts of global tariffs and my legislation to reassert Congressional authority over trade. Watch HERE:
youtube.com/live/YxYo99J...
youtube.com/live/YxYo99J...
Sen. Cantwell and Seattle Businesses Say NO to Global Tariffs
YouTube video by Senator Cantwell
youtube.com
April 16, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I'm joining Seattle businesses this morning at the Port of Seattle to talk about the devastating impacts of global tariffs and my legislation to reassert Congressional authority over trade. Watch HERE:
youtube.com/live/YxYo99J...
youtube.com/live/YxYo99J...
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This is how you do it.
The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".
The moral imperative may be to fight...
but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:
www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...
The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".
The moral imperative may be to fight...
but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:
www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...
UMass faculty calls on land grant universities to join in fight against Trump administration; McGovern, AG also weigh in
AMHERST — Faculty at the University of Massachusetts are calling on Chancellor Javier Reyes and President Martin Meehan to form a compact with the 250 land grant and public universities across the cou...
www.gazettenet.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This is how you do it.
The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".
The moral imperative may be to fight...
but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:
www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...
The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".
The moral imperative may be to fight...
but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:
www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...
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I’m grateful to @vanhollen.senate.gov for his leadership in the fight to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia home.
This is not about partisanship or politics—it’s about adhering to constitutional protections of due process, following court orders, and defending the rule of law.
This is not about partisanship or politics—it’s about adhering to constitutional protections of due process, following court orders, and defending the rule of law.
I’m about to board my flight to El Salvador, where I hope to meet with senior government officials to discuss the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
I also hope to see Kilmar and check on his condition — and remind him that we won’t stop fighting until he’s home.
I also hope to see Kilmar and check on his condition — and remind him that we won’t stop fighting until he’s home.
Headed to El Salvador to meet with government officials and discuss return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen
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April 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I’m grateful to @vanhollen.senate.gov for his leadership in the fight to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia home.
This is not about partisanship or politics—it’s about adhering to constitutional protections of due process, following court orders, and defending the rule of law.
This is not about partisanship or politics—it’s about adhering to constitutional protections of due process, following court orders, and defending the rule of law.
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Yep. Youth volunteers who were working on projects ranging from rebuilding homes destroyed in storms to distributing supplies for hurricane recovery were suddenly pulled from service. Why? DOGE cuts.
Read our latest here:
Read our latest here:
April 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Yep. Youth volunteers who were working on projects ranging from rebuilding homes destroyed in storms to distributing supplies for hurricane recovery were suddenly pulled from service. Why? DOGE cuts.
Read our latest here:
Read our latest here:
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On Friday, Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer of Health finally issues a statement urging Albertans to get vaccinated in the face of a measles outbreak. On Monday, he’s out of a job. We are truly being governed by the Convoy Crowd. Alberta has become a Trumpian dystopia.
#abpoli #ableg #medical
#abpoli #ableg #medical
April 16, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.